Tag: Astronomy

Asteroid Apophis Approaches Earth, 2036 Impact Probability Still Uncertain
Over the past weekend, astronomers used the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory to image an asteroid that w...
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NASA Spots Weather Patterns on Brown Dwarf
Astronomers this week announced that they have produced a "weather map" for a brown dwarf that shows planet-sized clouds d...
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461 New Planet Candidates Discovered by NASA’s Kepler, Including Four Earth-Like Ones
Astronomers last week announced that they estimate there to be...
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Solar Eruption Rang in the New Year, Shows NASA Video
While people across the world were celebrating or preparing to celebrate the arrival of the year 2013, the sun was putting on a...
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100 Billion Planets Populate the Milky Way Galaxy, Say Astronomers
For years now, NASA's Kepler mission has been confirming the existence o...
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Milky Way Galaxy “Geysers” Spotted
A team of astronomers has detected detected huge outflows of charged particles streaming out of the center of our...
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Giant Planet Formation Revealed in New Observations
Astronomers have spotted a system that could reveal a key stage in the formation of giant...
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Asteroid in 2040 Will Miss the Earth, Just Barely
An asteroid discovered just last year and given tentative 1 in 500 odds of hitting the Earth in February 2040 is now no longer a danger to the planet, according to...
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NASA Releases New Cassini, Spitzer Photos For the Holidays
Just in time for the holidays, NASA has released two new space photos filled with festive greens and reds. The photo seen ab...
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Cassini to Track Venus Transit, Study Exoplanets
NASA announced today that it will begin using the Cassini probe's visua...
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NASA Releases a “Game” to Crowd-Source Cloud Classification
NASA this week has launched a "game" that allows anyone to identify galactic clouds in a series of photos. The game, called...
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Globular Cluster Aging Revealed in New Study
Globular clusters are spherical groupings of stars tightly bound by gravity. While these objects are usually 12 to 13 billion years old, a new study has found that clusters can ap...
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Close Star Could Have up to Five Planets
A new study by an international team of scientists has discovered that the star Tau Ceti may have five...
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NASA Looks Back on a Historic Year in Space [VIDEO]
This year, as usual, was a historic year for NASA, spaceflight, astronomy...
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NASA Video Shows Three-Mile-Long Asteroid Swing By Earth
On Wednesday, December 12, the three-mile-long asteroid named "Toutatis" made its closest approach to earth....
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